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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borniti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bornь (“defence”) + *-iti.
Verb
*bornìti impf (perfective *borněvati)[1]
- to defend, to protect
Inflection
Conjugation of *borniti, *borni, *bornitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *borňenьje | *borniti | *bornitъ | *bornilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *borňenъ | *bornimъ |
| Active | *borňь | *bornę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bornixъ | *borni | *borni | *borňǫ | *borniši | *bornitь |
| Dual | *bornixově | *bornista | *borniste | *bornivě | *bornita | *bornite |
| Plural | *bornixomъ | *borniste | *bornišę | *bornimъ | *bornite | *bornętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *borňaaxъ | *borňaaše | *borňaaše | — | *borni | *borni |
| Dual | *borňaaxově | *borňaašeta | *borňaašete | *bornivě | *bornita | — |
| Plural | *borňaaxomъ | *borňaašete | *borňaaxǫ | *bornimъ | *bornite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*bornivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *bornišče (“protected area, forest”)
- *borniteľь (“defender”)
- *vъzborniti (“to interdict”)
- *zaborniti (“to forbid”)
- *otъborniti (“to defend, to stand up for”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old Belarusian: боронити (boroniti)
- Russian: борони́ть (boronítʹ)
- Ukrainian: борони́ти (boronýty)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бра́ня (bránja)
- Macedonian: брани (brani)
- Cyrillic: бранити
- Latin: braniti
- Slovene: branīti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: brániti
- Czech: bránit
- Kashubian: bronic
- Polish: bronić
- Old Czech: brániti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боронить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 207
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “браня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 74
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “borniti: bornjǫ bornitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b beskytte (PR 137)”